Growthpoint Properties and Tricolt officially marked the groundbreaking of Olympus Sandton on Thursday, 26 February 2026, as the development prepares to redefine the skyline at the highest point of the Sandton Summit precinct.
The ceremony confirms that momentum behind the project has not slowed since its explosive sales launch. Having released apartments in February 2025, the development has already secured sales for more than 85% of its 527 units valued at R1.4 billion, leaving only 80 residences available.
Designed by international award-winning architects Clark Hopkins Clark, together with dhk Architects, Olympus will consist of two sculptural towers:
The Athena (24 floors, 283 apartments) and The Apollo (20 floors, 244 apartments).
The hospitality-led scheme will feature a signature Marble Hospitality restaurant, a sky bar, a boutique hotel, and a street-level Pantry by Marble deli.
With earthworks well advanced and piling scheduled for mid-March 2026, Barrow Construction is on site to deliver the project.
The development occupies the highest elevation in the Sandton Summit precinct, offering panoramic 360-degree views over Africa’s financial hub.
Current Availability:
LOCATION:
- Sandton Summit (Cnr. Rivonia Road and Empire Place, Sandton, Gauteng)
- South Africa’s premier walkable mixed-use precinct being deliberately shaped by
- Growthpoint at the heart of Africa’s leading financial district, offering effortless connectivity, premier amenities and a dynamic neighbourhood
- At the summit of the Sandton ridge overlooking Sandton Central
- Nestled between Discovery’s iconic headquarters and LXX Sandton, with pedestrian access
- One block from Sandton City shopping centre
- Two blocks from Sandton Gautrain Station, connecting to OR Tambo International Airport

Pictured at the ceremony are, from left, Tim Kloeck, Chairman of Tricolt and Estienne de Klerk, SA CEO of Growthpoint Properties.
FAST FACTS AND FIGURES
- The façades of the two Olympus Sandton towers will be predominantly glazed and concrete.
- An estimated 28,000m³ of concrete will be used, equivalent to a 20km stretch of two-lane highway.
- The building’s glass façades will span 10,000m², enough to cover 38 tennis courts.
- Balcony glazing will total 5,200m², equivalent to the playing surfaces of 12 NBA-sized basketball courts.
- The development will include 46,000m² of brickwork. This will require about 1,716,000 bricks or the same number needed to build 14 houses of 200m² each under roof.
- Around 44,000m³ of soil will be excavated, enough to fill 17.6 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
- A total of 11km of timber skirting will be installed, equivalent to 1.24 times the height of Mount
- Everest or the cruising altitude of a commercial aircraft.
PROJECT PROGRAMME:
- Earthworks and early works commenced December 2025 (+- 70% complete by 20 February 2026)
- Construction to commence mid-March
- Resident occupation scheduled for February 2028
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